Crosstie



J. R. DOOLEY.

CROSSTIE. APPLICAIIQN FILED nov.2e, 1919.

Patented June 15, 1920.

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A TTORNEYS J. R. DOOLEY.

CROSSTIE. APPLICATION FILED NOV.26, 1919.

Patented June 15, 1920.

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' m/z/vron iz fiaa v A A TTOPNEYS 20 from the cross tie and replaced ina most a To all whom it may concern:

Y which 1 UNITED STATES r P IE ()FFICE.

'Jos PHno ER'r DOOLEY, or MOIBIlI LEiALABAMA.

CROSSTIE.

Be it known that I,JosEPH R. DooLEY, a citizen of the United States,.anda resident of Mobile, county ofMobile, State of Ala-1 bama, haveinvented a new and useful Im-f provement in Crossties,of whichthefollowing is'a full, clear, and exactfdescription.

he present inventionrelates'to crossties and has particular referencetoan improved means of supporting traok' rails thereon.

The primary object of the invention. is to provide an improvedconstruction of cross ties whereby rails may be supported and mountedthereon, and although the ra1l mounting per se may. become defective. on

account of wear and tear .it will not necessie tate replacing a crosstie, to whichend it is proposed to so construct the tie-as to enable theremovable rail supporting section or block to be used whichrmayberemoved practical manner.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the salient features of theinvention, and in Figure 1 is a plan view of a tie showing a rail assupported thereon.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a tieshowing the rail as associatedtherewith.

F ig.3 is a sectional view on the line 3- of Fig. 2.

' porting section or block.

Fig. 4. is a pers ective view of the rail plate with the pre erred formof mounting means.

Fig. 5 is. a cross section of the rail sup- Fig. 6 is aplan View of ofthe rail plate.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a tie showing the rail as associatedtherewith'andthe use of the rail plate referred to in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 isa perspective view of therail plate as proposed in'Figs. 6 and 7 t amodified form Fig. 9 is a cross sectionalview through a tie. and therail supporting section block, and

Fig. 10 is a perspective viewofone means of anchoring the railsupporting block on the tie. Y

The cross tie proposed by this invention is appliable to jrailroads orany other track section or system, and although it would be referred toas used in connection with a'track system' in which the cross tiesextend from one rail to another, and that the same-may be of wood, it isnot to be considered as neces- Specific ationof Letters Patent..Patented June 15,1920.

@Application filed N0'vember 26, 1919. Serial No. 340,8].1. I Y 1 sarilylimited; to this use or construction, as

a relatively large base with the side and end walls thereof tapering toprovide a more or less narrow face 2, the .face 2 being ta pered onbothsides of the. rail supporting location so that the intermediate faceof the tiebetween the rails will be very much narrowerlthan that portionof the face, immediately around the rail. I I

' It is to bereadi ly appreciated that in rail road systems,particularly where the trafiic is heavy, considerable difliculty' isexperienced withtrail cut. The present practice is to. use a rail plateon the tie whichwill offer a relatively large'support, to the rail onthe tie, and to some extent do away with this rail out, however this isin no way a.

invention therefore has for one object to provide means whereby theentire tie need not be replacedv but only that portion of the 'Thisinvolves considerable expense and the,

tie which has been injured by the rail cut,

and theother conditions which injure the tie at the locality ofsupporting the rail thereon.

'To accomplish this objectit is preferred to construct a tie with aremovable rail supporting section or block such as3, withthe face 2' ofthe tie provided with a pocket .made to receive the section or block,3'. In

order that the section; or block 3 may be capable oflateral removal whenthe rail has been disconnected therefrom and without removing the railfrom the ties, a pocket is produced with concaved undercut end walls .4and 5, one of which, namely, the wall 4 having a curvature exceedingthat of the wall 5, while'the latter is eccentric to the arc of the wall4 and-inclined so that the section or block 3 may be laterally introthepocket adjacent that wall and by an anduced into the pocket byfirstpresenting the end which conforms to the wall 1 into gular movementin an anti-clockwise directlon slide the opposite side which conforms tothe wall 5 into place. The pocket is also dovetailed or undercut at theends to prevent vertical or upward displacement of the section or block3. The ends of the block or section 3 are also circular, beingconvex andconical or inclined downwardly to fit the undercut concavcd walls 4% and5. .That is, it will be noted from Figs. 1 and 6 that the sectionorblock 3 has one end as well as the corresponding concaved wal of therecess ot the pocket, cut on an arc, thee-enter or axis of which locatedintermediately of the sides of the tie and the radius of which isless'than the radius of the arc at the opposite end of the pocket orblock, while the center oi the latter is disposed to one side of thelongitudinal center of the tie whereby the'arc is eccentric to the areat the opposite end in order that the block may be inserted or displacedfrom one side only and is limited in its engagement in the oppositedirection so that it may be retained in position as will now bedescribed.

In order that the section or block may be normallymaintained in thepocket, a suit'-' able clamping rod or bolt 6, which is passed throughthe transverse opening 7 in the block, may be employed. This rod or bolt6 may be constructed .1 some instances with a head 8 which may engagethe side of the tie, and with its opposite end 9 threaded to receive anut 10' which may be screwed up on the threaded end to engage the sideoti'he block 3 and the side 01 the tie so as to over lap the edges ofthe block and the tie. As shown in 3 a locking device such as 11 may beused to prevent the nut 10 'lrmn becoming loose. This form of bolt orrod6 need not be controlling in every instance,

I for-as shown, in i) and 1(l'this belt or red may take the place oftlat strip 6} which is received in a like'shaped groove in the bottom othe section orblock S and made to have its opposite ends 8 and 9 ben..downwardly and upwardly, respectivel" so as to overlie the side of thetie and side of the section block 3 respectively. It may be desirable tocountersink the sides ot the tie and the sides of the section block toreceive the ends 8 and 9 of the strip 6" so as to more or less confinethe same.

It would seem desirable to employ a rail plate in connection with thisform oi tie just as in the conventionaltrack construc tion, but in thiscase to depart from the usual manner of using spikes as a medium offastening the rail tothe tie, at least in so far as concerns thepreferred arrangement contemplated by the invention. According from topto bottom and are made to receive the railbase engaging meanscomprisingthe vertically presented claw fingers 12. The

base of the section block 3 is provided with countersunk openings toreceive the bent ends 12 of the claw fingers. 12 so thatthe same may besecurely anchored intlie section block. The rail'base engaging ends ofthese fingers are provided with claws so that the rail may be maintainedagainst dis placement. V

The rail plates in their preferred form are made with slots or openings14 arranged at diagonally-opposite corners of the plate and reinforcedby the piece 14 The claw fingers 12 are passed through theopenings 14with the plate inserted betweenithc. ail and the supporting face of thesections or blocks. One end of the section or block is rabbeted with.one end of the plate bent downwardly as at 15 to engage the rabbetcdedge of the block. 7

Referring to: the plate shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the plate isconstructed with an upwardly presented member 16. having a slottedopening made as atv 17- bctween the m'emn. her and the plate in which isreceived the base of the rail with the inwardly disposed end ofthemember bearing against the web 01" the rail. This may be used withthe claw fingers 1.2 to provide an auxiliary rail engaging means such'asa brace or the like. From the above it-will be readily seen that any ofthe blocks 3 may be removed and re placed by anew one withoutnecessitating the removal of the tie per 86 from the track and withoutthe necessity of driving spikes after the blockhas been" placediiupi'rsition. As the claw fingers which take the place of the spikesare carried by the block, all. that is necessary is to place the sectionoi the block with the rail plate carried thereon in place as abovedescribed and by inserting the rod 6 or the strip 6 Of course ifdesirable the blocks or sections 3 maybe used with spikes or with anyother retaining means instead of the rod 6 or thestrip 6 Then againvarious other forms of rail plate may be used but the arrangements shownand described are considered preferable in reducing the invention topractice Having thus described my invention what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows 1. A cross tieembodying in its construction, a removable rail supporting section, saidtie having a pocket with arcuate end portions, and said removablesupportin section having ends" cooperating with said end portions topermit pivotal application or displacement of the supporting section,and interlocking means between the tie proper and the supporting sectionfor securing the latter in position.

2. A cross tie embodying in its construction, a removable railsupporting section, the tie having a pocket with arcuate end portionsand the removable supporting section having ends cooperating with saidend portions to permit pivotal application or displacement of thesupporting section, interlocking means between the supporting sectionand the tie proper for retaining the supporting section in position inthe pocket, and rail securing means carried by the supporting sectionand retained in position thereby.

3. A cross tie having a pocket provided with a concaved .wall, thecenter of the arc of which is located substantially intermediately ofthe sides of the tie, the opposite end wall being curved eccentricallyto the first-named end wall, a supporting and securing block conformingto said walls and adapted for lateral application and displacement, andmeans for detachably securing said block in position.

i. A cross tie having a pocket provided with a concaved wall, the centerof the arc of which is located substantially intermediately of the sidesof the tie, the opposite end wall being curved eccentrically to thefirst-named end wall, a supporting and securing block conforming to saidwalls and adapted for lateral application and displacement, said blockbeing limited in its movement into the pocket, the ends of the pocketbeing undercut and the ends of the block being inclined to conformthereto whereby the block is held from vertical displacement, and railbase engaging means carried by the block and retained between the sameand the tie at the bottom of the pocket.

5. A cross tie having a pocket provided with a concaved wall, the centerof the arc of which is located substantially intermediately of the sidesof the tie, the opposite end wall being curved eccentrically to thefirst-named end wall, a supporting and securing block conforming to saidwalls and adapted for lateral application and displacement, said blockbeing limited in its movethe pocket and against displacement, said blockbeing of penetrable cushioning material, such as wood, and anchoringmeans carried by the block.

6. The combination with a tie provided with a recess in the top thereofformed with concaved end walls, one of which is inclined with respect tothe other; of a block having its ends conforming thereto and fitting insaid recess, said block being adapted for lateral displacement by apivotal movement from one end, a rail plate mounted on the block, theblock having a recess and the plate having a flange engaging saidrecess, rail engaging means carried by the plate and block, and means tosecure the block in the recess, said means overlying the tie and block.

7. A cross tie having a portion of its rail supporting face cut away toprovide a pocket and made to receive a rail supporting block, means fornormally maintaining said block in said pocket, the pocket being cutwith conoaved end walls, the curvature of one wall of the pocketexceeding that of the other wall and the ends of the rail supportingblock conforming to the end walls of the pocket whereby the railsupporting block is capable of lateral swinging displacement or removalfrom the pocket.

8. A cross tie having a pocket made to receive a rail supporting sectionor block, the end walls of the pocket being concaved undercut in shapewith the ends of the sections or blocks made to conform therewith, thecurvature of one wall of the pocket exceeding that of the other wall,whereby the section or block may be received in the pocket by a lateralrotating engagement, means carried. by the section or block for engagingthe rail and anchoring the same to the section or block; a rail plateproviding a bearing surface between the section or block and the base ofthe rail, and means for i normally maintaining the section or block insaid pocketwith the rail rigidly supported thereon. 1

JOSEPH ROBERT DOOLEY.

